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From YouTube: Inter-Agency Press Conference on Gun Violence 11-24-2021
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City, Public Safety, and Criminal Justice Partners, and Other Officials to Discuss Urgency of Addressing Gun Violence
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B
B
Two
and
a
half
years
ago,
in
this
very
room
in
this
very
space.
Many
of
us
here
today
hailed
the
heroism
of
philadelphia
police
officers
who
bravely
responded
to
the
horrific
shooting
and
standoff
situation
on
north
15th
street
and
nicetown
toyoga.
That
saw
six
police
officers
shot
at
that
press
conference.
We
made
a
joint
call
for
gun
safety
and
legislation
that
can
help
us
do
more
to
protect
our
communities.
B
While
lawmakers
have
not
answered
our
officers,
our
officers
have
taken
a
record
number
of
guns
off
the
street.
This
year.
The
philadelphia
police
department
is
on
track
to
remove
more
than
6
thousand
crime
guns.
A
forty
percent
increase
from
just
two
years
ago.
Six
thousand
think
about
it.
Six
thousand
guns
they
confiscated,
not
counting
the
ones
they
haven't
already
acquired
every
one
of
these
guns
off
the
streets
is
one
less
that
could
be
used
to
harm
or
kill
a
fellow
philadelphia.
B
Sadly,
we're
still
facing
record
numbers
of
shootings
that
continue
to
tear
our
communities
apart
as
experts
debate,
what
is
driving
the
spike
in
gun
violence
that
cities
across
the
country
are
facing.
We
know
one
thing
for
sure:
the
volume
of
guns
that
are
in
circulation
in
our
communities
is
at
a
record
high
across
the
country
and
in
pennsylvania
we
have
seen
unprecedented
rates
of
gun
sales
and
permitting
activity.
B
B
B
B
So
we
are
here
to
collectively
make
this
call
again
with
increased
urgency.
The
pennsylvania
general
assembly
must
allow
us
to
enact
reasonable
controls
and
gun
owned
guns
in
our
city
unless,
until
this
happens,
we'll
continue
to
work
tirelessly
in
response
to
the
crisis,
the
city
has
acted
swiftly.
Investing
in
anti-violence
initiatives
that
both
addressed
the
immediate
crisis
and
tackled
the
systemic
root
cause
of
violence
with
the
support
of
city
council,
we've
invested
a
record
155
million
dollars
to
reduce
and
prevent
violence.
B
This
year
alone,
I'm
personally
heartbroken
and
outraged
that
we've
lost
nearly
500
philadelphians,
including
many
of
our
children
and
teenagers
to
needless
violence.
This
year
I
never
stopped
thinking
about
the
victims
and
their
families
and
incredible
loss.
These
senseless
deaths
leave
behind
and
as
we
enter
this
holiday
season,
I
can't
help
think
of
all
the
incredible
potential
that
has
been
extinguished
by
the
loss
of
life.
Our
young
people
can
do
anything.
I
see
it
every
time
I
visit
a
school,
a
rec
center
or
one
of
our
pre-k
centers.
B
We
are
resolved
that
devote
every
remaining
day
in
this
office
to
stopping
the
senseless
violence
in
their
tracks
and
before
I
turned
it
over
to
council
president
clark,
this
is
just
it's.
It's
heartbreaking,
heart-wrenching,
it's
it's
terrible
to
every
morning
get
up
and
to
have
to
look
at
the
numbers
and
and
look
at
the
news
and
see
the
stories
it's
just
craziness.
I
it's
just
crazy.
B
This
needs
to
stop
and
and
and
with
every
problem
that
we
deal
with
in
our
society,
whether
it's
guns,
whether
it's
opioids,
whether
it's
heroin,
whatever
the
issue
is,
is
all
about
greed.
There
are
people
making
money,
selling
these
guns,
making
these
guns
and
the
legislature,
not
the
people
behind
me,
don't
care
they
don't
care
how
many
people
get
killed.
It's
ridiculous
and
cities
like
boston
and
new
york
that
are
not
dealing
with
this
problem.
B
The
way
we're
dealing
with
it,
there
are
strict
gun
laws
in
massachusetts,
there's
strict
gun
laws
in
new
york
state,
and
we
need
to
have
some
semblance
of
that.
I'm
not
talking
about
people
hunting
deer,
we're
talking
about
people
that
the
two
officers
that
were
the
four
officers
that
were
shot
at
the
two
were
hit
recently
in
fairmount
park,
the
guy
had
it
was
an
ar-15
with
free
clips.
He
was
in
his
third
clip
shooting
on
our
officers.
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C
C
If
I
got
to
get
another
call
from
somebody
that
tells
me
d,
I
can't
do
this
anymore.
All
right.
I
talked
to
a
guy
two
days
ago.
I'm
not
gonna
reference,
his
name,
but
he
has
a
barber.
He
has
a
barbecue
place
up
in
strawberry,
mansion
right,
live
in
strawberry,
mansion
all
his
life,
and
he
said
I
can't
do
this
anymore
d.
I
fixed
up
my
house,
my
kids,
I'm
scared.
I
have
to
move
time
after
time.
You
hear
these
conversations.
C
But
today
my
plea
and
my
cry-
and
you
know
I'm
not
an
emotional
kind
of
guy
right,
but
I'm
encouraging
I'm
suggesting
I'm
begging
to
please
stop
shooting
each
other
right,
stop
killing
our
community.
Please
right-
and
I
don't
know
if
they're
going
to
hear
this,
but
somewhere
somehow
that
message.
There
is
a
better
way.
C
We
just
put
155
million
dollars
on
the
street
with
community
groups
right,
we
have
jobs
available.
We
have
wraparound
services
available.
You
have
all
these
people
here,
ready
to
pitch
in
right.
There's
another
way,
there's
another
way,
so
please
stop
killing
each
other.
I
mean
this
is
just
horrific
and
I'm
just
I'm
just
saying
here
today.
C
D
D
There
was
a
time
not
too
long
ago,
when
many
people
felt
as
though
they
could
sit
back
and
watch
the
violence
from
a
distance.
Quite
frankly,
they
felt
as
though
this
violence
was
something
that
occurred
far
away,
nothing
that
they
could
relate
to
to
people
that
they
didn't
know
and
that
it
would
never
affect
them.
Personally,
unfortunately,
as
is
now
all
too
clear
instances
of
crime,
violence
and
death
are
touching
countless
lives
in
our
city
in
our
state
and,
quite
frankly,
across
our
entire
nation.
D
D
These
victims
are
brothers,
sisters,
mothers,
fathers,
nieces,
nephews,
mentees
team
members,
classmates
many
of
them
children
and
for
those
whose
lives
have
been
tragically
cut
short.
Their
life
has
left
a
void
in
the
hearts
of
their
families,
and
their
absence
has
left
a
profound
impact
on
our
community.
D
D
Thank
you
to
address
this
ongoing
gun
violence,
despite
the
surge
in
violence
this
year
over
the
last
few
months,
the
shooting
and
the
homicide
numbers
have
actually
begun
to
trend
downward.
Earlier
in
the
year,
we
were
hovering
around
a
40
percent
increase
in
our
homicides,
and
we
are
now
close
to
about
13
percent.
D
Of
course,
this
isn't
anything
to
celebrate,
but
it's
just
a
point
to
be
taken
that
our
numbers
are
trending
downward.
What
we're
doing
is
working,
but
we
have
to
do
more.
I
want
to
assure
the
community
that
the
police
will
continue
to
be
proactive
and,
let
me
be
clear
again:
one
homicide
is
unacceptable.
D
Our
department
will
continue
to
work
diligently
to
ensure
that
everyone,
here,
visitors
residents
alike,
are
safe.
This
is
the
birthplace.
Philadelphia
is
the
birthplace
of
freedom,
but
if
we
do
not
come
together
on
top
of
what's
happening
in
our
streets,
we
will
not
have
the
freedom
to
experience
this
city
in
the
way
that
it
was
meant
to
be.
D
We
deserve
better.
Our
children
deserve
better.
Our
community
deserves
better
we're
continuing
to
work
with
our
local
and
our
state
and
our
federal
partners
and
other
stakeholders
to
get
ahead
of
the
violent
crime.
That's
plaguing
our
beautiful
communities
and
we
are
remaining
committed
to
being
proactively
patrolling
our
neighborhoods
and
encouraging
our
community
members
to
work.
Alongside
with
us,
we
can't
undo
what's
already
been
done,
however,
we'll
continue
to
pursue
any
and
all
information
that
will
bring
justice
and
closure
to
each
victim
and
their
families.
D
I'm
asking
anyone
with
information
on
any
homicide
or
shooting
cases
to
come
forward
and
share
that
information
with
us
with
the
police.
We
will
investigate
any
leads
and
do
everything
in
our
power
to
make
sure
that
our
victims
and
their
families
will
be
heard
in
court.
Remember
you
can
remain
anonymous.
D
There
is
a
standing
twenty
thousand
dollar
reward
for
information
that
leads
to
an
arrest
and
conviction
for
every
unsolved
homicide
in
our
city.
Before
I
close,
I
am
again
urging
everyone
to
come
together.
We
are
better
together
and
together
we
can
accomplish
much
more
than
we
would
on
our
own.
There
are
already
many
in
our
communities
that
are
already
doing
the
behind
the
scenes
work,
that's
making
it
a
day-to-day
difference.
D
People
like
wrd
host
solomon
jones,
who's,
the
founder
founder
of
man,
up
phl,
mr
bilal
khayum,
the
president
of
father's
day,
rally
committee,
who
regularly
hosts
our
gun,
buyback
events
all
over
philadelphia,
dr
dorothy
johnson,
spike,
the
founder
and
director
of
mothers
in
charge.
Mr
stan
crawford
black
males,
community
council
of
philadelphia,
reuben
jones
of
front-line
dads,
daryl,
schuler
and
dawud
bay,
put
it
down,
taj
murdock
men
of
courage
and
people
like
will
latif
little,
who
uses
his
life
experiences
to
empower
others
to
change
their
actions
through
emotional
intelligence.
D
Thank
you
to
all
of
these
individuals
and
those
who
have
gone
unmentioned
from
block
captains
and
town
watch
members
to
the
future
leaders
attending
our
police
youth
advisory
commission
meetings.
It's
truly
the
people
of
philadelphia
that
have
the
largest
impact
on
helping
our
communities
early
on
in
my
tenure
here,
I
said
that
any
solution
has
to
be
community
driven,
and
somebody
even
said
well
she's,
beginning
to
sound
like
a
broken
record.
Well,
I'ma
say
it
again
louder
for
the
people
in
the
back.
D
D
Nothing
will
fill
the
void
from
the
losses
that
you've
experienced
and
if
I've
learned
anything
in
my
almost
two
years
that
I've
been
here,
it's
about
the
resiliency
of
philadelphia
and
our
ability
to
come
together
and
change
our
world
around
us.
We
all
deserve
a
safe
and
secure
philadelphia
and
we
are
going
to
do
everything
in
our
power
to
make
that
a
reality.
E
E
We
travel
through
these
neighborhoods.
We
travel
through
these
communities
and
we
see
exactly
what
is
taking
place
and
I
shared
with
you
as
a
person
in
washington,
hearing
a
president
standing
in
the
rose
garden
and
talked
about
violence
being
an
epidemic,
not
just
a
problem
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
but
across
the
entire
nation.
E
E
It
may
be
the
american
rescue
act,
maybe
the
infrastructure,
all
those
initiatives
were
about
building,
not
just
this
city,
but
all
the
urban
america
back.
But
it
can
only
happen
unless
there's
citizen
participation,
so
as
the
president
of
city
council
state.
We
need
everyone
to
understand
that
this
is
a
collective
effort.
E
It
cannot
be
just
left
on
the
police,
they
themselves
can't
solve
this,
but
we
collectively
can
solve
it.
So
I,
like
the
president
of
city
council,
add
my
voice
to
this.
What's
taking
place
here
today
that
we
collectively
we
have
universal
background
check.
We
have
passed
out
of
the
house,
which
is
in
the
senate.
E
E
We
must
be
in
this
and
we
must
recognize
that
we
all
are
in
this.
Nobody
is
exempt
every
single
person.
Every
single
citizen
is
affected
by
what
has
come,
and
particularly
when
the
commissioner
and
the
mayor
talked
about
the
victims.
I
too
am
very
sorry
recognized
for
what
has
happened
to
those
families.
E
What
has
happened
to
those
victims?
What's
happened
to
these
people
out
there
every
day,
so
I
want
you
to
understand.
We
all
understand
that.
So
that's
why
we're
here
today
not
just
for
photo
ops
but
to
make
a
difference
to
get
people
to
understand
that
we
can
only
deal
with
this
unless
we
collectively
recognize.
E
E
Nobody
can
do
this
alone,
something
like
we
have
never
seen
before
in
the
middle
of
a
global
pandemic,
but
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
is
just
not
acceptable,
so
we
collectively
to
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
anybody
who's
out
there.
We
need
you
to
join
this
effort.
I'm
asking
you
to
join
this
effort.
We
in
the
federal
government
will
do
our
part.
E
We
have
done
it
over
that
president
biden
hasn't
been
in
office.
An
entire
year
he's
only
been
in
office
since
january,
the
20th-
it's
not
even
the
year
for
the
effort
that
he
and
the
vice
president
have
put
together.
We
have
had
the
secretary
of
heart
twice
in
the
city
development,
the
secretary
of
labor
twice
here.
E
F
F
F
We
have
seen
so
much
of
this
violence
and
it
continues
to
happen.
I
looked
over
some
of
my
friend
ryan
boyer,
who
reminds
me
all
the
time
that
that
a
a
good
job
is
the
best
anti-poverty
program,
and
so
much
of
the
highest
correlation
to
violence
is
when
we
have
spikes
in
poverty.
But
when
I
looked
at
ryan,
I
wasn't
just
thinking
about
that.
F
So
this
is
real
for
us
in
a
very
meaningful
way
and
my
staff,
my
district,
my
district
director
brother
henry
lost
a
grandson
lisa
on
my
staff
lost
her
daughter,
rashawn
lost
a
wife,
kasib
who's
in
the
room
with
me,
someplace
lost
a
nephew.
I
lost
a
nephew.
I
could
keep
going
it's.
No,
it's
not
a
point.
Almost
literally
75
of
our
staff
has
lost
somebody,
I'm
in
north
philadelphia,
like
council
president
clark
who
I've
known
my
whole
life.
F
The
general
assembly
has
been
derelict
in
its
duties.
Not
only
have
we
not
the
senate
in
the
house,
not
passed
additional
laws
to
deal
with
the
problems
of
gun
violence.
We
had
the
audacity
of
passing
a
bill
to
expand
access
to
firearms,
which
I'm
pleased
that
the
governor
is
going
to
veto,
but
we
actually
to
have
open
carry
everywhere
and
to
reduce
the
ability
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
not
increase
the
ability
of
city
of
philadelphia
to
deal
with
guns.
So
we
have
been
derelict
in
our
duties,
but
understand
bills
have
been
introduced.
F
Senator
tartag
leon's
bill
to
report
to
require
the
reporting
of
lost
and
stolen
handguns
common
sense
legislation.
Common
sense.
I
don't
know
any
responsible
gun
owners
they're
not
going
to
report
their
gun,
loss
or
stolen.
It
only
gives
commissioner
outlaw
and
law
enforcement
the
ability
to
go
after
straw
purchasers.
That's
all
it
does.
We
look
at
issues
like
when
we
look
at
issues
like.
F
Red
flag
laws,
when
we
know
people
we
know
are
going
are
likely.
We
have
good
solid
evidence,
are
likely
to
commit
homicides
red
flag
laws.
Give
addition
give
judges
and
law
enforcement
additional
ability
to
stop
those
people
from
purchasing
a
gun.
One
of
the
fastest
growing
parts
of
homicide
this
year
is
domestic
violence,
people
killing
loved
ones,
that's
growing
and
part
of
it.
Yes
is
the
pressure
of
the
pandemic
and
all
that,
but
the
reality
is
if
you
could
slow
down
people
from
purchasing
some
of
those
guns
there
are.
F
There
are
people
that
would
live
and
they
are
disproportionately
women
and
women
of
color
red
flag
laws
are
incredibly
important.
Red
flag
laws
also
protect
suicide.
Suicide
is
skyrocketing,
not
just
primarily
among
middle-class
white
men
and
they're
dying
and
they're
dying,
not
just
in
the
city,
but
in
the
suburbs,
and,
let's
be
clear.
Homicides
are
on
the
rise,
not
just
in
philadelphia
but
in
lancaster.
F
In
reading
in
allentown
in
pittsburgh,
in
erie-
and
I
talked
with
my
friend
senator
from
erie,
who
pointed
out
that
the
numbers
arising
in
erie
and
in
philly
are
almost
at
the
same
rate
and
lancaster,
read,
I
believe
lancaster
reading
and
allentown
are
all
rising
at
faster
rates
than
philadelphia.
We
have
a
pennsylvania
problem
and
we
need
a
pennsylvania
solution.
F
We
need
to
do
more,
but
there
are
other
things
that
there
it
is
not
all
bleak.
There
are
some
things
that
we
have
been
able
to
come
together
on.
We
know
that
investing
in
programs
like
nomo,
like
put
it
down,
do
work
and
I've
said
to
my
republican
colleagues,
since
you
will
not
pass
the
gun
laws
that
we
need.
F
We
must
at
least
do
fund
programs
where
we
can
that
we
know
work,
that
the
police,
that
law
enforcement
have
supported
and
I'm
pleased
that
we
created
the
crime
prevention
caucus
and
had
our
first
meeting
at
esperanza
in
philadelphia
and
we're
and
we're
moving.
And
I've
said
that,
while
I
appreciate
the
city
taking
a
huge
effort
in
moving
100
and
moving
100
million
dollars
or
more
into
this,
the
state
has
not
done
what
it
should
and
that's
why
I've
called
on
the
commonwealth
moving
one
billion
dollars
towards
over
a
three
year
period.
F
We
have
a
seven
bill.
We
have
seven
billion
dollars
in
surplus.
We
can
in
fact
do
it
move
one
billion
dollars,
330
million
dollars
a
year,
and
I
estimate
that
would
allow
us
to
move
another
100
million
dollars
to
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
230
million
dollars
to
be
spread
across
the
rest
of
the
commonwealth
for
other
communities
that
are
being
impacted,
there's
a
lot
that
has
to
be
done.
F
G
G
Sad
faces
tears
in
our
eyes,
because
so
many
across
our
city
have
either
lost
a
loved
one
to
gun,
violence
or
they're
coming
in
on
a
wheelchair,
because
they
were
a
non-fatal
shooting.
Not
only
have
we
had
almost
500
people
killed,
we've
had
thousands
that
have
been
shot
whose
lives
were
saved
at
either
pen
or
temple.
G
We
have
a
serious
crisis
and
a
problem,
and
while
we
are
working
in
harrisburg
to
beat
back
bad
ideas
to
instead
of
strengthen
our
gun
laws
expand
them.
We
recognize
that
every
single
one
of
us
has
to
be
a
part
of
this
solution
for
making
sure
that
our
schools
are
inspiring,
that
our
teachers
are
supported,
that
our
neighborhood
programs
that
are
preventing
violence
have
funding,
but,
most
importantly,
where
we
cannot
go
is
to
each
of
our
homes.
We
can't
go
into
your
home
and
tell
you
how
to
raise
your
child.
G
Listen
to
the
words
of
all
of
my
friends
and
colleagues
and
these
leaders
in
this
city
to
say
that
we
have
had
enough
and
we'd
like
to
see
a
holiday
season,
free
free
of
the
violence
free
of
the
bloodshed,
free
of
the
gun
wars,
free
of
women
getting
beat
down
and
shot
in
the
street.
We
are
sick
of
it,
be
the
neighbor
that
says.
G
H
First
and
foremost,
this
partnership-
here
it's
a
sincere
partnership.
I
vouch
for
their
integrity.
I
remember
remember
gilmore
and
member
guardier
talking
about
raising
this
issue
to
prominence.
Well,
this
don't
get
much
more
prominent
in
the
minds
of
government
than
this,
yet
we
are
going
in
the
right
direction,
but
not
fast
enough.
H
H
Diamond
wilson
is
a
earth
day
kid
who's
now
grown
diamond
wilson
helped
write
the
anti-violence
slogan,
songs
that
we
hear
her
colleagues
used
to
come
to
parks
and
wrecks
to
sing
those
songs
to
discourage
this
senseless
violence
in
our
city.
Only
to
find
that
on
october
8th
she
was
shot
in
the
face
she's
going
to
lose
her
eye,
she's
going
to
live
through
it,
but
she's
never
going
to
see
out
of
that
eye
again
so
for
the
1500
folk
that
don't
wind
up
murdered,
they
wind
up
wounded
both
physically
and
mentally.
H
H
They
feel
as
though
the
commonwealth
should
supersede
our
municipal
ability
to
protect
ourselves.
If
you
lose
your
cell
phone,
you
reported
if
you
lose
a
car,
you
report
it,
but
yet
a
firearm
is
inconsequential
to
them.
What
was
worse,
president
clark
was
the
detachment
that
they
had
about
what
we're
going
through.
What
I
see
you
at
press
conference
she's
going
through,
but
I
see
my
mayor
coming
out
of
the
mayor's
entrance,
and
I
say
good
morning
to
him
and
literally
he's
like
at
his
wits,
ends
about
what
to
do.
H
We
feel
this
in
philadelphia
very
deeply.
On
my
final
note,
I
will
say
that
organically
there
are,
there
is
hope
that
nomo's
of
the
world-
and
now
the
house
emerges
peace,
partnership,
they're,
not
getting.
You
know.
This
happened
organically
they're,
knocking
on
doors
in
west
philly
right
now,
asking
for
an
armani
pledge
of
peace
that
just
for
the
thanksgiving
weekend
to
monday
that
we're
not
going
to
shoot
each
other
that
we're
going
to
let
people
live
so
that
they
can
have
a
peaceful
thanksgiving.
H
I
We're
going
to
take
that
step
further
on
the
next,
but
next
budget
process
because
make
no
mistake
about
it.
The
gun
laws
that
we're
seeing
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
This
didn't
happen
overnight.
It
came
from
years
and
years
and
years
of
disinvestment,
predominantly
in
african
american
communities.
So
the
only
way
we're
going
to
turn
this
situation
around
is
to
consistently
invest
in
the
future
resources
and
predominantly
poor
african
american
communities.
I
Just
consistently
reminds
me
of
why
we
have
to
make
sure
with
our
young
people
who
are
picking
up
these
guns,
we
have
to
give
them
alternatives
to
the
senseless
gun,
violence
and
street
life
that
they
are
getting
involved
in,
but
also,
if
you
pick
up
a
gun
and
you
decide
to
take
a
life
of
an
individual,
you
should
be
held
accountable,
because
every
time
I
have
to
sit
down
and
go
to
a
prayer
vigil
or
balloon
release.
The
first
thing
I
have
to
do
is
talk
to
that
mother.
I
Talk
to
that
father
console
that
the
nieces,
the
nephews,
the
little
babe,
the
little
brothers,
the
little
sisters.
Those
are
the
ones
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
out
for,
because,
let
me
tell
you
this:
we
have
to
address
the
issue
of
trauma
because
hurt
people
hurt
people.
So
if
you
take
the
life
of
a
loved
one,
you
think
those
young
people
not
going
to
grow
up
with
a
chip
on
this
show
that
we
don't
address
their
trauma
that
they're
being
impacted
by.
I
I
Yeah
policy
is
one
aspect,
but
also
how
can
a
young
person
get
a
30-shot
clip
or
ar-15,
and
I
grew
up
in
the
streets
of
south
philadelphia,
the
level
artillery
that
we're
seeing
right
now,
flooding
the
streets
of
philadelphia
is
not
the
same
that
I've
seen
and
young
people
have
too
easy
access
to
these
illegal
guns
that
we're
seeing
in
the
streets
of
florida
office.
So
I'm
gonna
leave
on
the
remarks
that
council
president
daryl
clark
said
you
can't
solve
a
homicide
if
you
don't
have
information.
I
So
if
you
see
something
say
something,
if
you
know
something
say
something
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
our
responsibility
to
protect
those
who
come
forward
with
information,
because
I'm
a
firm
believer.
If
you
take
a
life,
you
should
be
held
accountable.
Yes,
we're
going
to
focus
on
prevention
and
give
young
people
an
opportunity
to
get
their
lives
together.
I
J
My
name
is
reverend
gregory
holston,
I'm
senior
advisor
on
policy
and
advocacy
for
at
the
district
attorney's
office
here
representing
district
attorney
larry
krasner,
who
is
away
also
here
with
reverend
myra
maxwell
of
our
carriage
unit
and
assistant
d.a
pescatore
of
our
homicide
non-fatal
unit.
I
am
moved
by
what
has
been
said
here
today.
J
J
Now,
teams
don't
always
agree
on
everything
and
we
don't
always
agree
on
everything,
but
ninety
percent
of
the
time
we
are
in
agreement.
Ninety
percent
of
the
time
we
are
working
together,
our
da's
homicide,
non-fatal
unit
is
always
working
with
police
detectives
to
resolve
and
to
deal
and
to
prosecute
these
cases.
J
Our
gun
strategy
unit
is
working
constantly
with
the
police
department
and
an
array
of
justice
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
drivers
of
gun
violence,
the
individuals
who
have
not
shot
once
twice
three
times
or
four
times,
but
some
who
have
shot
and
killed
10
people,
those
individuals.
We
are
working
on
constantly
to
bring
them
to
justice,
and
so
I
am
confident
this
team
is
still
coming
together
to
recognize
that
we
understand
some
things
differently
now
as
well.
J
We
recognize,
as
councilman
clark
said,
that
this
is
a
racial
justice
issue
and
that
87
percent
of
the
people
who
are
being
killed
in
the
city
are
african-american
and
a
and
about
50
percent
across
the
nation.
We
recognize
that
this
is
not
just
a
philadelphia
issue,
as
senator
street
said,
but
a
pennsylvania
issue
and
a
national
issue,
as
congressman
evans
has
said,
and
that
there
has
been
a
30
increase
in
homicides
across
the
nation
because
of
this
pandemic,
and
the
numbers
are
similar
in
major
cities
across
this
nation.
J
We
recognize
and
understand
together
that
this
is
a
public
health
emergency.
It
can't
just
be
on
police.
It
just
can't
be
on
law
enforcement,
as
the
commissioner
has
said,
it
has
to
unders.
We
have
to
understand
that
we
are
suffering
and
in
the
middle
of
a
mental
illness
crisis
as
well
as
a
gun,
violence
crisis
and
that's
why
we're
seeing
some
violence
that
we
don't
begin
to
understand
because
some
of
the
individuals
are
committing.
J
This
is
what
has
happened
on
all
this.
Well.
All
of
these
murders
have
been
going
on
behind
the
scenes.
This
team
has
been
coming
together,
and
so
I
don't
just
I'm
saddened
by
where
we're
at
I'm
saddened
by
the
numbers.
I'm
saddened.
I
still
haunted
by
the
15
year
old,
who
was
shot
in
the
playground,
while
she
was
shooting
a
jump
shot,
something
that
I
did
as
a
kid
every
summer
and
that
no
kid
in
a
recreation
center
should
ever
feel
for
their
safety,
and
yet
she
lost
her
life,
doing
something
she
enjoyed.
J
I'm
haunted
by
that,
but
I'm
hopeful
today,
I'm
hopeful
more
than
ever,
because
we're
beginning
to
come
together
with
a
real
understanding
of
how
to
address
this
issue
that
this
is
a
chronic
issue.
It's
not
just
500
now,
but
it
was
362
two
years
ago
and
it's
been
362
every
year
on
average
for
50
years
that
maybe
maybe
somehow
we'll
finally
be
that
city.
J
Maybe
we'll
be
that
city
that
will
really
come
to
grips
with
this
issue
that
has
been
decades
in
the
making
and
that
we're
finally
now
coming
together
with
real
solutions
with
real
dollars
from
washington
from
real
dollars
that
are
captured
now
in
harrisburg,
but
we're
going
to
get
those
dollars
and
bring
them
to
this
city
to
transform
our
city
to
do
the
kinds
of
investment
in
our
black
community.
That
has
never
happened
and
really
transform
us
and
make
us
truly
a
place
of
brotherly
love
and
sisterly
affection.
J
K
Good
hello,
everyone
and
I'm
glad
that
we're
able
to
gather
my
name
is
shantae
love.
I'm
the
president
and
director
of
emir
healing
center,
which
stands
for
every
murder,
is
real,
and
this
occurred
in
1997
when
my
brother
was
murdered,
and
then
I
knew
that
the
impact
of
the
trauma
that
our
communities
was
facing
then
reminded
me
of
a
war
and
that
we
would
be
the
collateral
collateral
damage
of
an
untreated
trauma
that
perpetuates
violence.
K
This
is
what's
going
to
happen,
but
what
you're
also
seeing
is
that
if
we
take
the
trauma
of
those
who
have
been
exposed
to
it
from
the
past,
and
do
it
today
and
be
at
the
beginning
of
their
journey
because
at
a
mere
we're
at
the
beginning
of
their
journey,
because
when
you
lose
someone,
your
life
is
completely
changed.
Your
dna
is
no
longer
the
same.
You
are
not
the
family.
You
used
to
be
that
block
has
changed,
they
lost
somebody.
K
That
block
is
different.
That
school
is
different,
that
business
is
different,
that
hospital
is
different.
We
all
have
changed
the
dna
of
a
community
of
a
home
and
to
restore
that.
What
we
specialize
in
doing
is
the
trauma
of
that,
because
we
know
that
the
pain
is
so
devastating.
What
we're
seeing
is
us
killing
each
other
or
blowing
our
own
brains
out,
but
we
can
change
that.
K
I've
always
said
we
get
to
do
this
together,
because
I
stand
here
as
one
of
the
leaders
on
the
ground
with
my
brother
from
nomo,
my
sister
kim
from
guiding
stars
my
brother
and
tom,
from
unite
from
union
city,
and
that
and-
and
we
are
dozens
of
us
linked
up-
been
linked
up
for
a
long
time
doing
this
kind
of
work.
But
what
you
see
different,
what
you
see
different
today
is
this
linkage.
K
It
ain't
the
same.
But
when
you
have
a
moment
and
I'm
I
am
encouraging,
I
am
requiring
all
of
you.
This
is
not
no
just
us.
You
got
to
be
in
this
to
win
this
faith-based
businesses,
education,
institutions,
all
along
with
us,
because
us
as
community
leaders
we've
been
linked
up
and
we
we
know
the
goal
is
to
what
put
me
out
of
business.
K
I
must
close
I'm
I
must
close.
This
must
shut
down
and
when
this
shut
down
we
know
we
had
it
somewhere,
but
this
is
what
the
young
man.
This
is
what
I
text
them,
because
my
team,
everyone
knows
when
a
young
person
or
even
somebody
older,
is
struggling
and
they
may
be
can't
get
a
grip
that
day,
but
don't
want
to
talk
to
nobody.
K
K
They
would
make
me
do
that
and
I
promise
my
community
leaders
my
brother
here
my
sister
here
we're
going
to
do
that
and
I'm
saying
that
to
you
all
the
messages
in
which
you
want
to
report
out.
I
need
you
to
report
to
successes.
I
need
them
to
see
a
place
of
hope.
I
need
them
to
see
what
the
possibilities
can
be
and
we
get
to
do
that
together.
K
A
B
Is
a
process
that's
going
to
be
a
little
time
to
resolve
it's
not
going
to
there's
no
magic,
there's
no
magic
wand
for
this
there's
no
way
to
just
you
know,
say
it's
over
and
again,
on
top
of
that
guns
are
flowing
in
the
city.
I
could
drive
out
probably
to
troop
the
oaks
and
trooper
wherever
the
hell
that
place
is
out
there
in
whatever
county
it's
in
and
buy
a
bag
of
guns.
This
weekend
come
back
in
and
sell
them
out
of
trunk
of
my
car
and
nobody's
going
to
stop
that.
B
So
so
we
have
that
dealing
with
all
the
issues
we're
dealing
with.
On
top
of
the
lax
gun
laws
in
the
state,
the
ability
to
get
military
style,
weapons
and
large
magazines,
I
understand
people's
frustration,
I'm
frustrated
too.
I
live
in
a
neighborhood.
I
live
in
a
community
too,
but
we're
working
at
it
and
we're
working
with
our
partners
and
we're
doing
everything
we
can.
Our
federal
partners
are
are
helping
us
tremendously.
Our
state
partners
are
helping
us
tremendously.
We
just
I
mean
it.
B
It's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
time
and
and
by
the
way
I
mean
somehow,
the
media
doesn't
recognize
that
we
went
through
a
pandemic.
I
mean
every
issue
that
we're
dealing
with.
That's
really
difficult
is
in
the
in
the
guise
of
a
pandemic
a
once
in
a
hundred
year
event
where
people
were
stuck
up
in
their
homes,
going
crazy,
like
myself
and
then
come
out
and
now
we're
having
people
driving
around
crazy
cars.
We
have
people
shooting
each
other.
B
We
have
all
kinds
of
stuff
going
on
because
of
the
pandemic
and
we
will
ease
out
of
that
and
we're
getting
people
vaccinated
and
we're
getting
people
better
and
then
we'll
get.
We've
got
kids
back
to
school.
We
got
people
back
to
work
and
then
we're
going
to
move
forward
and
we're
hoping
that
all
this
work
for
all
these
people
behind
us
will
reduce
this.
This
thing,
you
know
the
other
thing
that
I
think
is
interesting.
Is
that
we're
a
5
almost
500,
god
forbid,
but
what
at
299
261?
B
Nobody
ever
asked
me
a
question
about
homicides.
I
mean
I've
been
a
mayor
for
six
years.
I
don't
remember
getting
all
this
attention
to
less
than
300,
so
I
mean
it.
One
is
too
many
one
homicide's
too
many,
but
but
we're
working
we're
doing
the
best
that
we
can
sincerely
and
earnestly
to
get
this
thing
down
in
in
the
whole,
in
the
whole
environment
of
you
know,
gunsaw
tucky,
here
where
we
live
in,
where
guns
are
available
to
everybody.
B
Straw
purchases
straw
purchases,
every
felon
that
has
a
gun,
has
either
gotten
it
illegally
or
had
somebody
buy
it
for
him?
It's
not
usually
not
women
shooting
each
other.
It's
usually
meant
buying
it
for
him
and
when
that
gun
gets
traced
back
to
that
person
who
bought
it
for
that
felon,
there
are
no
consequences.
B
C
Real
somebody
yeah
yeah,
thanks
mayor,
so
went
to
oaks
three
weeks
ago.
Right,
look,
I'm!
I
got
a
gun
right,
okay,
whatever
right
and
I'm
sitting
here
and
we're
watching
and
the
people
that
are
in
there,
they're
purchasing
guns
and
they're,
not
looking
at
38
specials
or
you
know,
other
hunting
rifles
they're
looking
at.
They
got
rows
and
rows
of
ak-47s
ar-15s
like
all
these
semi-automatic
weapons.
And
it's
and
you
know
what
ghost
guns
right
and
you
know
what
there's
no
limitation
on
how
many
they
can
buy.
C
That's
why
there
was
stacks
and
stacks
behind
it
and,
as
the
mayor
says,
give
him
away
get
found
in
the
commission
of
the
crime
they
get
traced
back
to
that
person.
Somebody
stole
it.
I
lost
it,
and
the
state
won't
allow
us
to
enforce
the
loss
and
stolen
law.
That's
the
biggest
problem,
this
proliferation
of
weapons
with
this
straw
purchasing
right
and
they
need
it
and
councilman
jones
a
whip.
C
He
went
up
to
the
commonwealth
court
the
other
day
and
he
was
talking
about
they
treated
him
like
you
know
what
right
and
poor
law
department
right,
they
pretty
much
shut
them
out.
The
door,
but
at
some
point
we'll
have
our
day
in
the
state
supreme
court
and
hopefully
we'll
get
some
relief,
we'll
have
a
much
more
favorable
response,
but
that
is
the
most
significant
problem.
The
availability
of
weapons.
B
Right,
well,
you
have
to
remember
and
I'll
go
back
to
what
I
said
earlier.
We
had
a
pandemic,
the
courts,
weren't
operating
people
weren't
getting
prosecuted
because
the
courts
weren't
they
weren't,
open,
probation
and
parole
was
not
operating
because
people
were
were
locked
down.
So
this
is
all
becoming
going
back
online
again,
courts
are
now
operating,
probation
and
parole
is
now
operating,
people
are
being
supervised.
B
There's
no,
I
mean
in
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
There
were
no.
In
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
There
was
no.
There
was
no
court
action
going
on
courts
weren't
even
operating
there
were
no
jury
trials.
There
were
no
trials,
I
mean
there
was
everything
got
locked
down
so
now
we're
we
have
this
backlog
of
stuff.
That's
all
clogged
up
the
system
and
we're
getting
through
it.
Now
in
the
da's
moving
cases
and
the
courts
are
moving
cases
and
probation
and
parole
are
are
going
out.
B
B
I
think
that
the
system
will
be
back
online,
that
we
will
continue
to
fund
and
support
the
organizations
on
the
ground
that
will
deal
with
our
young
people
in
the
community.
We
will
have
continued
hope,
help
from
training
programs
that
will
get
young
people
trained
for
careers
and
trades
and
other
things
and
get
them
on
a
path
that
they
feel
like
they
have
a
future
as
opposed
to
putting
a
gun
in
their
waistband
and
selling
drugs.
F
Look
one
on
the
question
about
families.
Look,
you
cannot
say
anything
that
is
going
to
make
a
family
loved
one
come
back
and
in
many
respects
it's
a
question.
The
public
wants
to
ask,
but
it's
a
loaded
question
stand
as
a
person
who's
one
of
those
families,
but
people
know
that
already
they
don't
think
the
mayor
is
going
to
bring
back
a
loved
one.
F
We
don't
think
the
mayor
can
bring
back
our
loved
one,
but
what
people
want
to
see
is
a
sincere
effort
to
make
sure
that
other
loved
ones
are
safe,
because
when
you
lose
a
child,
when
you
have
a
loved
one,
my
son,
my
youngest
son
levy,
used
to
hang
out
with
my
nephew.
So
you
don't
think
that
we
don't
worry
about
the
ones
that
are
still
alive
right.
F
My
my
I
have
three
living
sons
that
are
roughly
the
same
age
as
the
nephew
that
died,
all
of
whom
hung
out
with
him.
So
you
worry
about
the
living
children
because
you
know
you've
lost
that
one,
but
all
of
us
still
have
people
who
are
alive,
who
we
worry
about
as
parents
and
or
as
grandparents,
and
so
what
happens
is
what
you
say
to
them
is
that
I
can't
bring
back
the
one
that
was
lost,
but
we're
gonna
be
we're
gonna.
A
F
Yeah,
I
agree
and
that
and
that's
exactly
the
point,
so
we've
got
a
group
like
nomo
and
what
they
do
is
they
have
they
have
for
those
who
haven't
been
there.
You
really
need
to
go
see
it
right
abroad.
In
gerard,
they
have
safe
spaces
where
young
people
can
come
and
interact,
and
sometimes
it's
sometimes
it's
fun
stuff,
where
they're
rapping,
sometimes
they're
talking
about
the
trauma.
F
Yeah
and
they'll,
have
pizza
and
food
for
them
to
eat,
and
it's
a
large
building
with
spaces
and
they're
also
teaching
them
things
like
how
to
barbers
how
to
be
a
barber
or
beauty
salon.
Trade,
schools,
prep
for
college.
Those
kinds
of
things
are
happening
in
an
indoor
space
that
is
secured
where
parents
can
have
them
and
the
kids
can
interact
with
one
another,
because
social
interaction
is
really
important
for
young
people.
F
So
a
15
year
old
can't
be
locked
in
a
room
like
we
did,
because
that
creates
a
different
kind
of
trauma
for
our
young
people
to
kind
of
act
out.
So
bringing
programs
like
nomo
back
online
and
making
sure
they
have
adequate
resources
to
expand
the
amount
of
space
is
real
and
it
answers
your
question
about
where
what
we
do
with
them,
and
we
don't
have
enough
spaces
like
that.
K
And-
and
I
will
also
say
that
the
exposure
to
violence,
even
if
you
were
not
directly
if
you
live
in
the
city-
you've
been
exposed
because
you
live
in
a
city,
that's
riddled
with
violence.
Your
actual
your
exposure
is
every
day,
but
also
not
only
to
get
them
attached
to
groups.
That's
doing
intervention
and
work
with
also
get
some
get
some
alternative
healing
processes
at
emir.
We
do
alternative
healing.
It's
not
just
talking.
It's
healing
through
music
art
writing.
K
Now,
they're
doing
filming
they
get
connected
to
groups
like
us,
because
when
you
call
one
of
us,
you
call
all
of
us.
If
you
call
one
of
us,
we
all
are
connected.
You
calling
all
of
us
because
not
only
do
to
get
them
socialized
and
we're
not
only
doing
that,
but
we're
also
changing
the
environment,
because
what
we're
saying
is
there's
a
safety
issue.
K
You
can't
let
your
baby
go
outside,
so
we
have
to
change
the
environment,
help
them
get
social
skills,
create
the
environment
for
them
to
be
successful
and
also
deal
with
the
pain
of
the
past
and
what
they're
saying
and
that's
what
we're
all
doing
together
and
I
want
you,
you
lost
a
lot.
You
lost
a
lot.
K
A
G
A
B
B
It's
going
to
stop
as
long
as
we
are
dealing
in
this
environment
with
the
with
the
easier
to
get
a
gun
in
pennsylvania
than
it
is
to
get
a
driver's
license,
you
have
to
take
a
written
test,
a
driving
test
and
have
insurance,
and
you
don't
have
to
do
any
of
that
when
it
comes
to
buying
a
gun.
When
we
can
get
our
arms
around
that
and
our
arms
around
our
kids,
it
will
stop,
it
will
slow
down.
It
will
reduce.
G
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
erica
atwater
service
senior
director
for
criminal
justice
and
public
safety.
With
regards
to
the
money
going
to
community
organizations,
we
will,
we
will
be
funding.
We
have
two
grant
programs
through
our
non-violence
programs,
our
targeted
community
investment
grants
which
are
grants
that
go
up
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
then
our
community
expansion
grants
which
go
from
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
a
million
dollars.
G
What
we've
done
with
this
granting
program
has
made
it
more
equitable
than
any
granting
program.
The
city
has
seen
in
terms
of
reducing
the
layers
of
barriers
that
it
takes
to
apply
and
receive
funds.
We
are
completely
intentional
about
ensuring
that
we
are
investing
in
community-based
community
serving
organizations
that
have
a
history
of
being
in
those
neighborhoods
who
represent
those
neighborhoods.